I’m a bit late on these today. I’m in one of those periods when I have so much to do, I don’t know what to do first, and invariably, something isn’t done at all.
Writing
- Marie Brennan talks about how she writes female characters.
- John Scalzi was a on a panel recently, discussing how to maintain an online presence.
- For all of the uncertainty surrounding the future of the publishing industry—from the poor economy to the painful layoffs and restructurings in the wake of the digital transformation—to understand what’s really hurting us, all you have to do is visit your neighborhood bookstore.
- Author Nancy Kress talks about the whole ‘SF is dead‘ thing.
- Pete Tzinksi guest blogged over at The Commune about Deadlines for Writers, and Language.
Misc
- Probably nothing inspires quite like the view from the top a cliff because the often long and steep hike is forgotten as soon as we glimpse the world from atop where we rest, birdlike, drinking in the scenery and ready to spread our wings. Join us on a tour of some of the most incredible cliffs around the world.
Edit: Never, ever post when you’re so sick you can’t even think straight. Even I can’t make sense of the gibberish below. I’ll leave it as is as a stark reminder of how close true madness lies.
What a life. Last week, I didn’t make a weekly links post since worked 24 hours out of the 48. This weekend, I decided to visit my brother in Calgary. I took a day off of work, leaving on Thursday and I’ll be back back home on Sunday. Thursday was okay, but by the time Friday rolled around, I was as sick as a dog. Here it is, Sunday, and I’ve spent most of the day in bed. I’m not even going to describe these links today… I’ll get back to them when I feel better.
http://thedarksalon.blogspot.com/2009/03/welcome-guest-blogger-jack-kilborn.html
ttp://blog.oup.com/2009/03/science-fiction/#more-3858
http://lifehacker.com/5195999/portable-ubuntu-runs-ubuntu-inside-windows
If anyone’s missing last Sundays ‘Weekly Links’, sorry. The company I work for changed buildings, which means we had two days to move the IT department and get it up and running by Monday. There was two of us, and we worked 24 hours of the 48 in the weekend.
Now I’m waiting for my body to get back to normal.
The good news is that all the employees moved their computers today, plugged in, and were running with no issues. A good weekend.
